[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45355-45359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16154]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2022-N035; FXES11140400000-223-FF04EF4000]
Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits, permit renewals, and/or permit amendments to
conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of
endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal
agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing any of the
requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that
we receive during the public comment period.
DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications by
August 29, 2022.
ADDRESSES:
Reviewing Documents: Documents and other information submitted with
the applications are available for review, subject to the requirements
of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act. Submit a request for
a copy of such documents to Karen Marlowe (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit
comments by one of the following methods:
U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office,
Ecological Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn:
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. Please include your name and
return address in your email message. If you do not receive a
confirmation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that we have
received your email message, contact us directly at the telephone
number listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,
404-679-7097 (telephone), karen_marlowe@fws.gov (email), or 404-679-
7081 (fax). Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind,
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite review and comment from the public
and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies on applications we have
received for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered and
threatened species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and our
regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17.
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species unless a
Federal permit is issued that authorizes such take. The ESA's
definition of ``take'' includes hunting, shooting, harming, wounding,
or killing, and also such activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping,
capturing, or collecting.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
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authorizes the permittee to take endangered or threatened species while
engaging in activities that are conducted for scientific purposes that
promote recovery of species or for enhancement of propagation or
survival of species. These activities often include the capture and
collection of species, which would result in prohibited take if a
permit were not issued. Our regulations implementing section
10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered
wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50 CFR
17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened
plant species.
Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment
Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the
recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in
the wild. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing
these permits. Accordingly, we invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal
agencies and the public to submit written data, views, or arguments
with respect to these applications. The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to influence agency decisions are
those supported by quantitative information or studies.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
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Permit application
No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE 28597A-2.......... Joseph Alderman, Fishes: Cape Fear North Carolina, Presence/probable Fish: Capture via Renewal.
Hillsborough, NC. shiner (Notropis South Carolina, and absence surveys. seining, handle,
mekistocholas); and Virginia. identify, and
Mussels: release; and
Appalachian elktoe Mussels: Capture,
(Alasmidonta handle, identify,
raveneliana), mark, release, and
Carolina salvage relic
heelsplitter shells.
(Lasmigona
decorata), dwarf
wedgemussel
(Alasmidonta
heterodon), James
spinymussel
(Parvaspina
collina),
littlewing
pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula),
and Tar River
spinymussel
(Parvaspina
steinstansana).
TE 11044C-1.......... Tyler Newman, Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Capture with mist Renewal.
Richmond, KY. grisescens), Connecticut, absence surveys. nets, handle,
Indiana bat (M. Delaware, Georgia, identify, band, and
sodalis), and Illinois, Indiana, radio tag.
northern long-eared Iowa, Kansas,
bat (M. Kentucky,
septentrionalis). Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
PER 0042918-0........ Frank Ridgley, Zoo Florida bonneted bat Florida............. Studies to document Capture with mist New.
Miami, Miami, FL. (Eumops floridanus). habitat use, nets, handle,
population identify, radio
monitoring, and tag, buccal swab,
genetic, virome, recapture if
dietary, and needed, and release.
parasitology
analyses.
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TE 81756A-4.......... Jason Robinson, Bats: Gray bat Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Bats: Capture with Renewal.
Lexington, KY. (Myotis Florida, Georgia, absence surveys and mist nets or harp
grisescens), Illinois, Indiana, population traps, handle,
Indiana bat (M. Iowa, Kentucky, monitoring. identify, band, and
sodalis), and Maryland, Michigan, radio tag; Fishes:
northern long-eared Mississippi, Capture via
bat (M. Missouri, New seining, netting,
septentrionalis); Jersey, New York, or electroshock,
Fishes: Blackside North Carolina, handle identify,
dace (Phoxinus Ohio, Oklahoma, and release; and
cumberlandensis) Pennsylvania, South Crustaceans:
and Kentucky arrow Carolina, Capture via
darter (Etheostoma Tennessee, Vermont, seining, handle,
spilotum); and Virginia, and West identify, and
Crustaceans: Big Virginia. release.
Sandy crayfish
(Cambarus
callainus).
TE 114069-3.......... Fairchild Tropical Agave eggersiana (no Florida, Puerto Short- and long-term Collect seeds, Renewal and
Botanic Garden, common name [NCN]), Rico, and U.S. ex situ storage, spores, cuttings, amendment.
Coral Gables, FL. Amorpha crenulata Virgin Islands. artificial propagules, and
(crenulate lead- propagation, whole plants.
plant), Argythamnia reintroduction
blodgettii projects, and
(Blodgett's scientific and
silverbush), conservation
Aristida chaseae research.
(NCN), A.
portoricensis
(pelos del diablo),
Brickellia mosieri
(Florida brickell-
bush), Buxus vahlii
(Vahl's boxwood),
Calyptranthes
thomasiana (NCN),
Catesbaea
melanocarpa (NCN),.
Cereus eriophorus
var. fragrans
(fragrant prickly-
apple),
Chamaecrista
lineata keyensis
(big pine partridge
pea), Chamaesyce
deltoidea pinetorum
(pineland sandmat),
C. deltoidea
serpyllum (wedge
spurge), C.
deltoidea ssp.
deltoidea (deltoid
spurge), C. garberi
(Garber's spurge),.
Chromolaena
frustrata (Cape
Sable
thoroughwort),
Consolea
corallicola
(Florida semaphore
cactus), Cyathea
dryopteroides.
(elfin tree fern),
Dalea
carthagenensis
floridana (Florida
prairie-clover),
Digitaria
pauciflora.
(Florida pineland
crabgrass),
Elaphoglossum
serpens (NCN),
Galactia smallii
(Small's milkpea),
Harrisia (=Cereus)
aboriginum.
(=gracilis)
(aboriginal prickly-
apple),
Jacquemontia
reclinata (beach
jacquemontia),
Linum arenicola
(sand flax), L.
carteri carteri
(Carter's small-
flowered flax),
Lyonia truncata
var. proctorii.
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(NCN), Pilosocereus
robinii (key tree
cactus), Polygala
smallii (tiny
polygala),
Polystichum.
calderonense (NCN),
Sideroxylon
reclinatum ssp.
austrofloridense
(Everglades bully),
Thelypteris
inabonensis (NCN),
T. yaucoensis.
(NCN), Trichomanes
punctatum ssp.
floridanum (Florida
bristle fern),
Vernonia proctorii
(NCN), and
Zanthoxylum
thomasianum (St.
Thomas prickly-ash).
TE 102324-3.......... Thomas Dickinson, Amphibians: Neuse North Carolina and Presence/probable Capture, identify, Renewal and
Chapel Hill, NC. River waterdog South Carolina. absence surveys and and release. amendment.
(Necturus lewisi); population
Fishes: Cape Fear monitoring.
shiner (Notropis
mekistocholas),
Carolina madtom
(Noturus furiosus),
Roanoke logperch
(Percina rex), and
yellow lance
(Elliptio
lanceolata); and
Mussels:
Appalachian elktoe
(Alasmidonta
raveneliana),
Atlantic pigtoe
(Fusconaia masoni),
Carolina
heelsplitter
(Lasmigona
decorata),
Cumberland bean
(pearlymussel)
(Villosa trabalis),
dwarf wedgemussel
(Alasmidonta
heterodon), James
spinymussel
(Parvaspina
collina),
littlewing
pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula),
oyster mussel
(Epioblasma
capsaeformis), and
Tar River
spinymussel
(Parvaspina
steinstansana).
TE 68616B-3.......... Carla Atkinson, Alabama pearlshell Mississippi......... Presence/probable Capture, handle, Amendment.
University of (Margaritifera absence surveys, identify, hold
Alabama, marrianae), Choctaw studies to document temporarily in
Tuscaloosa, AL. bean (Obovaria habitat use, and containers in
choctawensis), excretion/ stream, and release.
fuzzy pigtoe respiration studies.
(Pleurobema
strodeanum), narrow
pigtoe (Fusconaia
escambia), round
ebonyshell
(Reginaia
rotulata), southern
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
jonesi), southern
sandshell (Hamiota
australis), and
tapered pigtoe
(Fusconaia burkei).
TE 18986C-3.......... North Carolina Zoo, Virgin Islands tree Puerto Rico and U.S. Captive propagation Remove from the Renewal and
Asheboro, NC. boa (Chilabothrus Virgin Islands. and reintroduction, wild, handle, PIT amendment.
granti). maintenance of a tag, collect blood
satellite and tissue samples,
population in radio tag, and
captivity, genetic salvage.
analyses and
disease screenings,
and studies to
document habitat
use.
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Authority
We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Aaron Valenta,
Acting Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services.
[FR Doc. 2022-16154 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]
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